Misty Holzwarth

TDT1 Task 3 Essay

The purpose of the original video that I created is to remind my students about

schoolwork they can be completing at home. I have quite a few students who are not completing

schoolwork at home. I hope that this will be a pleasant and friendly reminder to students of what

things they can be working on during this time at home.

The target audience for the multimedia presentation I created is my students, as well as

people that will be coming to my website. In the future, I can direct potential employers to my

website to get a good idea of the work I can produce and the heart I have for not only teaching

but also for my students.

When I first found out that I was going to be creating a multimedia presentation, I did not

think it would take a lot of time or be time-consuming. I quickly learned how wrong I was. First,

I decided to create a storyboard using Google Slides. I often use Google Slides with my students,

and I use it to create presentations for my class. I was able to map out my ideas and the details I

wanted to get across.

Next, I searched for video creating websites. I ended up going with www.biteable.com. I

loved that this application already had “scenes” to pick from. It made it easy to create the video

portion of the project. Once I knew which scenes I wanted to use, I took a screenshot and

uploaded it to Google Slides. This made it easy to decide which scene I would use for which

topic. When creating the video, the program is very straightforward. There are sections for text

properties and background footage. Within the text properties, you can change the font, size,

weight, line spacing, font color, background color, alignment, and text animations. Within the

background footage, you can change the background image, the size of the background image,
add a color filter, and change the background color. You can also move the background image

around on the background. I was also able to pick out music that would fit my video.

The next step proved to be the most difficult. I have used ScreenCastify several times in

the past to create videos for my class. However, I have never tried to record my voice over a

video that already had sound. I tried this several times and was unable to figure it out. Next, I

used the program Audacity to record myself reading the words on each scene of the video. It

took quite a while to capture the correct tone of voice I wanted to project to my students.

Finally, I used Adobe Premiere Pro to put everything together. I was able to find where I

had the video, and the audio files saved on my computer and then upload them to the program. In

the program itself, there are different sections where you can drop the item into the series based

on the type of file. I had to play around with the audio files for quite some time to get me reading

the words to line up with the correct scene.

 Resources

Google Slides: Free Online Presentations for Personal Use. (2020). Google.Com.

https://www.google.com/slides/about/

Professional video editor | Adobe Premiere Pro. (2020). Adobe.Com

https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html

Town, C. (2019). Video Maker | Create Irresistible Videos Online. Biteable. https://biteable.com/

Home. (2020, May 16). Home. Audacity ®. https://www.audacityteam.org/

Screencastify. (2019). Screencastify.Com. https://www.screencastify.com/